> Rats!
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> They fought the dogs, and killed the cats,
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> And bit the babies in the cradles,
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> And eat the cheeses out of the vats,
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> And licked the soup from the cooks' own ladles,
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> Split open the kegs of salted sprats,
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> Made nests inside men's Sunday hats,
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> And even spoiled the women's chats
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> By drowning their speaking
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> With shrieking and squeaking
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> In fifty different sharps and flats.